January 4, 2010 2:03 PM

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Dense fog, cold continue to disrupt normal life in North India; Over 100 die in UP

Spine chilling cold conditions with dense fog continued to prevail in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir along with many other northern states while Orissa also shivered under unrelenting cold wave condition with mercury dipping to a record low.<br/><br/>Delhiites continued to shiver on Monday due to icy winds blowing from the snowcapped northern mountains even as the temperature rose slightly.<br/><br/>The Met department attributed the cold conditions to the icy winds blowing from Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.<br/><br/>The minimum temperature was recorded at 9.6 degree Celsius against Sunday's minimum of 9.5 degrees.<br/><br/>The Met department's forecast said there may be mist or shallow fog on Tuesday morning. The maximum and minimum temperature will be around 19 and seven degree Celsius respectively.<br/><br/>In Jammu and Kashmir, Leh City and adjoining areas and higher reaches in Ladakh region experienced the fourth major snowfall of the winter season last night. The snowfall continued till Monday morning.<br/><br/>The minimum temperature of (-)15.6 degree Celsius at Leh and (-) 16.8 degree Celsius at Kargil was recorded on Monday.<br/><br/>Traffic on Srinagar -Jammu National Highway continued to remain suspended following fresh snowfall.<br/><br/>AIR correspondent reports that there has been more snow in the higher reaches but there was no rain or snow in Srinagar.<br/><br/>In Uttar Pradesh spine chilling cold conditions with dense fog continued to prevail in most parts of the state bringing rail, air and road services to a screeching halt. Primary Schools have been closed till 7th of this month.<br/><br/>Maximum temperature was recorded 2 to 10 degree celsius below normal at most of the places with Shahjahanpur recording the lowest temperature in the state at 2.8 degrees celsius. Heavy fog also disrupted train services at a number of places.<br/><br/>Meanwhile death toll due to cold rose to more than 100 with fresh casualties reported from Siddharthnagar, Mirzapur among other districts of the state.<br/><br/>Orissa also shivered under unrelenting cold wave condition with mercury dipping to a record low. Places like Phulbani recorded 4 degree Celsius, while hilly Tensa in Sundargarh district, Joda, Kiriburu and Kanjipani in Keonjhar district and Daringbadi recording near-zero temperature.<br/><br/>The weather office has predicted that the chilly conditions will prevail for the next two days.

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